October happenings: From recycling old devices safely to immigration policy by Addison Dlott September 30, 2021 Share Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Find out how to recycle your old devices safely. Learn how to start your own nonprofit. Listen to lectures on immigration, race, resilience, and more. These are just some of the campus events happening in October. Dive into immigration law Hear from Linda Rivas, Executive Director and Managing Attorney, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, as a part of the Daynard Distinguished Visiting Fellows Program. Rivas’ lecture is titled “Border Cruelty: A Day to Day Look at Immigration Law on the Border.” The hybrid event will take place Monday, Oct. 4 at 12:15 p.m. EDT. Learn More Tie-dye on the Quad The Office of Global Services will provide each participant with a white T-shirt to tie-dye that they can take home. Available while supplies last. This event will take place on Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. EDT. Learn More Asia, America, and the World lecture series continues Join Northeastern University’s Asian Studies Program to hear from Dr. Jane Junn, Associates Chair in Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science and Gender/Sexuality Studies at the University of Southern California, who will be giving the talk “Amidst Pandemic and Racial Upheaval: Where Asian Americans Fit.” Register for the “Asia, America, and the World” lecture to be held Thursday, Oct. 7, at 4 p.m. EDT Register Learn about critical disaster studies Explore the themes of critical disaster studies how it should shape the analysis of and disaster response. Join Jacob Remes, Clinical Associate Professor of History in New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, who directs the Initiative for Critical Disaster Studies in learning about this emerging interdisciplinary field. The event will take place Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 6 p.m. EDT. in 909 Renaissance Park. RSVP is strongly encouraged. Register How to have tough conversations Join student organizations Lean On Me, Active Minds, and Husky to Husky in learning how to navigate difficult conversations. This interactive workshop will teach participants how to communicate effectively and cover conversation skills, mental health resources on and off-campus, and finding professional help. Register How to start a nonprofit as a student Interested in learning how you can integrate community service into your Northeastern experience? Join Joshua Leaston, a Northeastern graduate, current Stanford student, and co-founder of the Boston-based non-profit Envision Difference to hear how you can start your own nonprofit. The virtual event will take place on Thursday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. EDT. Register Data destruction day Recycle your old devices in an environmentally sustainable and data-safe way. Bring an old laptop, smartphone, hard drive, tablet, or another device to the A1 DataShred trucks to make sure you properly destroy devices with associated data. Monday, Oct. 18, 11 a.m. EDT. Learn More Recycling, waste, and materials reduction Learn about expanding education and access to recycling and composting. The sixth installment of this sustainability pop-up seminar will take place in-person and virtually on Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 5 p.m. EDT. Learn More Calling all family and friends Northeastern’s Family & Friends Weekend kicks off Friday, Oct. 22, at 10 a.m. EDT. The three-day event includes presentations, activities, and festivals. Learn More Managing setbacks and redefining success This workshop on resilience dives into imposter syndrome and its capacity to make us feel like we don’t belong or aren’t good enough for our academic programs. Gain a better understanding of what imposter syndrome is and how to overcome negative self-talk. Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 2 p.m. EDT. Register Workforce development forum on race and returning to work The second annual “Race and Community Dialogue Series” returns with panel discussions exploring race and communities of color amid the pandemic and considerations post-Covid-19. The first virtual event will take place Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 3:30 p.m. EDT. Learn More Learn about Filipino workers during COVID-19 In the third installment of the university-wide series “Asia, America, and the World,” Dr. Dada Docot, assistant professor of Anthropology at Purdue University and a postdoctoral fellow at Tokyo College, will be giving the talk “Extraordinary Precarities: Overseas Filipino Workers During Pandemic Times.” The lecture is to be held Thursday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. EDT. Register For media inquiries, please contact media@northeastern.edu.